Fare-register.



PATENTED OCT. 8, 1907.

w. 1. OHMER. FARE REGISTER.

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No. 867,592; PATENTED OCT. 8, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED I33. 9, 1903.

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' No. 867,592. PATENTED OCT; 8, 1907. Y

W. I. OHMER.

FARE REGISTER. nrmonron nun mi. 0. 1903.

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lnfiT'lON, OHIO. ASSIGNOR TO THE RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES C(JIVLPANY, Oh DAYTON, ()HTO.

FARE-REGISTER.

Eroeeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907.

Application filerl February 9, 1903. Serial No. 142,523.

lh it. known t int l. \Ynrunn l. ()nnnn. a citiaacn ol' tho linittd btatrs. rtsidinn' at Dayton, in the county ot' Montgomery and i taitot' (li io. have invented certain ncw and nst t'nl linprovnnnnts in Farwltcgistcrs,

a specification, rcl crcncc bcl xwin no accompanying drawings.

and has tor :tcr adapted cnt values arc to be regisot' which tin to.

ingi d thort in to s invcntion rt latcs to tart; t't its objctt primarily. to provide a fare rt anisin is (attscd to operate tlat one ol thc rc 'isters or counters corn spendingwith tiic [air or number of l'arc units paid. than l)tlllg a stparatc register or counter tor rach taro or number of hire units ln its lli'il t'ttt'ti form. my improved are register also comprises n reg-is nuinbcr oi in amount of tkttli individual taro.

'lo tltcsc itlltl othtr ends my invcntion consists in certain novcl natures which i will now proceed to describc and will then particularly point out in the raid. irrcsorctivc ol' the value or t t claims.

lit the accompanying drawings, Figure l. a View my invention in one l'ornr. ig. 2 is a -ctional View of l. and looking in the dirct tion oi th: I, is a side elevation. it hand oi Fig. 't; Fig. -lis a rear .anism; Fig. 5 is a and of a t arc r:

the casingbci movu line .1. oi Fi vicwcd t'roin inc lc olcvation of a portion of the mccl sectional \icw. ta on on the linc 1 1 of Fig. l. looking in the (lti'L-(litilt oi the arrows; Fig. ti is a sectional view, taken on the line of Fig. 3, and looking in the direction of the arrows; i. ig. 7 is a sectional view. taken on the line i: u. of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction oi the arrows; Fig. 8 is a detail scctional ViQ'W,

' 7. and looking in the direction it the arrows; t) is detail plan view ol' the total iarc icei l0 is a detail sectional view, taken on t-lielinc u; u; oi Fig. 9. and lookingin the dircction oi the arrows; F ail pcrspcctive vicw iii a portion ot' the structure shown in Figs. 9 and 10; Fig. l2 a detail view. illustrating the connection bctwccn the printing carriage and the locking device oi the illltlg' mechanism; Fig. '12; is an enla .(l detail view in lront clcvation. of portion of thc setting mechanism. thc same iving" in section upon the line I of Fig. l-t; Fig. H is an enlarged dctjail Vl\"\V of the hown in Fig. 13. viewed from the same side tukcn on the line r 2 ig. ll is a dc elem en t.

or connttr tor tgistoring the total t t oi the machine as shown in Fig. 2%; Fig. 15 is a dctail 3 perspective view of one of thc setting, lcvrrs and its cooperating can]; and Fig. lti is a view of the ticket issued by the machine.

For the purpose of illustrating my present invention, 1 havc chosen what is known as a portable [are re ister, being one carried by the coinluctor or collector in any convenient way, but it will be understood that. the main l'caturcs of my invention are not limited in their application to such. portable registers. it should be borne in mind therefore that the (l(\l(( which. i will now proceed to describe is but one embodiment of my invention.

In this particular structure. 'l indicatcs a supporting frame. This frame consists. preferably. of thrcc parallel vertical plates, 2, 3 and t, suitably spaced apart by connecting bolts and slcevcs 5, as usual in structures of this class. (5 indicates the operating lever by means of which, all of the mechanisms 01' the register arc opcratcd after being; properly set. this lover beingmounted on a shalt 7, supported in the t'ramc and carrying a gear segment 8, which meshes with a gear 9, mounted on a stud or axis [0. projecting il'Otll the plate 3. The lever G is operated by a vibratory or oscillating movement through. the arc oi a. circle. lirst downward and then upward, and through the scgincnt 8 it imparts a rotary motion to the gear 5), first in one direction and their in the other. The gear 9 is provided with. an eccentric or crank pin l1. to which is pivot-- ally connected the lower end of a pitman or connccting rod 12. the upper cnd ol which is pivoted at to to a plate 1.4, sliding in ways 15 on the inner t'ricc oi tho plate 4. The plate '14 is provided with a transverse slot 16, and the plate 4 is provided, adjacent to the line of travel oi the slot. 16, with a similar slot or opening 17.

Mounted on the outer face of the plate il are a plurality oi registers or counters, eight being shown in the present instance, and indicated by the rcl'crence numerals 18 to 18, inclusive. The number of these registers may of course, be varied according" to the number 0! different iarcs, or the hig'htst number oi [are units which the machine is inter d to register. In the present instance, it will he astnic-d that the register l8= is to register all lares of the lowest rate received. for instance all fares consisting of a single fare unit, the register 18 registering all laws recrivcd consisting" of two tare units, and so on to the register 18, which is to register all [arcs received consis. of eight larc units. Each register or counter is pro i-zlcd with the usual operating arm 19, to which connected an operating rod 20, extending upward therefrom. The register operating arms '19 are ott'sct, as shown in Fig. 3. so that the operating rods 20 lie compactly side by side V be projected through said opening, so as to engage the slot 16 in the sliding plate 14. It will be seen that, when any one of the operating rods 20 is thus moved inward at its upper end so as to be engaged by the sliding plate 14, the corresponding register or counter will be operated by a complete movement of the plate 14, so as to operate the corresponding register or counter and add one to the number indicated thereby.

The mechanism for engaging the operating rod of any given register with the operating slide 14 consists of a shaft 22, mounted in suitable bearings in brackets 23,

projecting from the outer side of the plate 4. The shaft 22 extends at its front end through the casing and receives on the exterior thereof an operating and indicating wheel 24, which, in the present instance, consists of an octagonal hand wheel adapted to be grasped by the fingers of the conductor, and carrying on its eight peripheral faces the numerals from 1 to 8, inclusive, to indicate corresponding fares. In the present instance, where the register is a portable register suspended from the person of the conductor, the uppermost numeral is used to indicate the number of fare units, but any suitable external indicating device may be employed. The shaft 22 is provided with a plurality of earns 25, corresponding in number with the registers 18l8, there being eight cams-in the present instance.

As shown in detail in Fig. 15, each cam consists of a disk-like portion 25, having a peripheral notch 25, and a second disk-like portion 25", of smaller diameter, provided with a peripheral projection 25. In connection with each cam 25 and lever 20 there is employed a setting lever 26, the several setting levers being pivoted on a common axis 27, supported by the brackets 23. Each setting lever 26 terminates at one end in a toe, 28, which engages a slot 29 in the upper end of the corresponding operating rod 20. The other end of each setting lever 26 is bifurcated, forming arms 30 and 31, which embrace between them the corresponding cam 25. The arm 30 is provided, on one side of the median plane of the lever 26, with a projection 32, which fits the notch or recess 25 in the periphery of the enlarged portion 25 of the cam 25. 'The other arm, 31, of the lever 26 is provided, on the opposite side of the median plane of the lever, with a projection 33, which lies in thepath of the projection 25 of the smaller part 25 of the cam 25. The earns 25 are arranged spirally or in an offset relation on the shaft 22 to which they are secured, each cam having its projection and recess oneeighth of a revolution in advance of the succeeding cam, so that, as the shaft 22 is turned, the setting levers 26 will be successively operated at each one-eighth of a revolution to bring the corresponding operating rods 20 successively into position to be engaged by the operating slide 14. The distance between the projections I 32 and 33 is such that, when these projections rest re- I spectively in the recess 25 and on the projection 25 of the corresponding cam, the corresponding operating rod will be held in operative position, but in all other positions of the corresponding cam, said operating rod will be held in inoperative position, and only one operating rod can be held in operative position at a time. Thus, by turning the wheel 24 to indicate any desired number of fare units, a complete movement of the main operating lever 6 of the fare register will add one to the total indicated by the corresponding counter or register of the series 1818 In order to provide against overthrow or excessive movement of the operating rods 20, I employ a stop plate 34, extending over the upper ends of the rods 20 at or above their upward limit of motion, and supported from the plate 4 by arms 35.

In order to prevent overthrow of the shaft 22 and divide its rotation into readily perceptible divisions corresponding with the number of registers employed, I provide said shaft-with a detent device, comprising a star wheel 36, secured on the rear end of the shaft 22, and provided, in the present instance, with eight notches 37, which are successively engaged by a detent pawl 38, which presents a certain amount of resistance to the turning of the shaft 22, which resistance may be,

, however, overcome by extra force exerted on the wheel 24. The detent pawl 38 is provided with a projection 39, under which is located a spring 40, which holds it in engagement with the detent wheel 36. This detent pawl and wheel permit rotation of the shaft 22 in either direction, but rotation of said shaft beyond one complete revolution is prevented by means of a stop pin 41, mounted 011 the plate 4 and lying in the path of a corresponding stop pin 42, projecting from the detent wheel 36.

In order to lock the setting shaft during the operating movement of the register, I employ a locking plate 42, normally drawn by a spring 42 under the heel 39 of the detent 38, but freed fromsuch engagement, except when the register is operated, by a bell crank lever 42, pivoted on the plate 4 and having a slotted end 42 engaging a pin 42", extending from the locking plate 42" through a slot 42 in the plate 4. The other end of the lever 42 is slotted at 42 to receive a pin 42 on the rack of the printing carriage hereinafter referred to. When said carriage is in its normal position, it holds the locking plate out of engagement with the detent 38, and permits the operation of the setting mechanism. While the register is being operated, the spring 42 holds the locking plate in position to prevent movement of the setting mechanism. 3 I

As heretofore stated, I prefer to employ, in conjunction with the variable fare registering mechanism hereinbefore described, means for printing and issuing a ticket, and also means for registering the total number of fares paid and of tickets issued. This mechanism, in its preferred form, comprises a fixed printing plate 43, having thereon printing characters, by means of which any suitable legend may be printed on the face of the ticket. This printing plate has formed in it a slot or opening 44, across which extends a shaft 45, on which are mounted date printing wheels 46, which may be set in any convenient manner to print the correct date, and Which are held in position when so set by a detent wheel 47 and locking detents 48 for each wheel. Above the slot 44 the printing plate 43 is provided with a second slot or opening 49, across which extends ashaft 50, on which are mounted a series of consecutive number printing wheels 51, operated by the movements of the printing and issuing mechanism in the manner hereinafter described. Above the opening or slot 49 the printing plate 43 is provided with a third slot or opening across which extends a shalt 53, on which are mounted the printing wheels which print the amount; ol the lare or number oi lare unit; the stations, and the direction ol travel. in the present instance. 1 have shown tour ol these whee s, one ol which, marked 54, prints the amount o1 tare paid. This wheel secured on the shalt shalt 51") is provided with a gear i, which meshes with a 'ar 55 en a shalt 56, mounted in a bearing sleeve 57, carried by the plate *1. The shalt 5b is provided at: its outer end with a bevel pinion 58, which meshes with a similar pinion 59 on the shalt 22. The construction is r'tltlt that. when the shalt 22 is turned by means ol the hand whet-l it to set it to any given lare' or number ol late units. thereby retulering operative the coricspotnling register. the printing wheel 5-! is turned into pesition to print the corresponding [are upon the ticket.

tit) indicates a station printing wheel, also secured on the shalt 53, and indicating the number ol' stations lrom the initial ation lor which tare is paid. in the par icular lortn m mechanism which I have chosen lor purposes at illustration, the arrangement is such that the initial station is printed on tho ticket. and the number ol stations out the initial station tor which hire is ein being such that one lare unit is charged i'or travel between any two adjacent stations. so that the number printed by the wheel tit) is the same as that printed by the wheel 5 paid. the

The station printing wheel tit) may. however. be otherwise operated. il dc; it'ed.

ill indicates a station printing wheel, mounted loosely on the shalt 52%, and adapted to print a character indicating the initial station. in the present instance, 1 have shown the litters ol the alphabet, capital A, tal ll. capital t, etc., as indicating the success stations. The wheel til is provided with a gear i) which meshes with a. gear (53,

secured on a shalt 1, extending thro tgh operating vhee o5 having char-.urters thereon indicating the L-tations. so that the station printing wheel til may be turned by hand to indicate the initial station ll' 'lll which the tare to be registered is paid.

titi indicates a direction printing wheel, mounted loosely on the shalt 53. and provided with a gear ('57, which meshes with a gear 68, secured to a sleeve (39 mounted loosely on the shalt (3 1.. This sleeve also extends through the ca; g and is provided on its outer t the casing and provided with an l end with an operating wheel 70, carrying the same characters lor indicating the direction of travel that are carried by the wheel (36. By this means. the direction printing wheel may be set to print upon the ticket the direction of travel ot the trip for which the ticket to be printed is issued. The printing wheels oi and titi are provided with detent wheels '71. and detent springs 72 l'or locking them in the positions to which they may be set.

in conne tion with the printing plate and printing wheels. l employ a reciprocating carriage 73 lor actuating the impression and inking rolls. This carriage slides in ways b tween the plates 2 and 3 and is provided with. 1 rack 71. extending through a slot in the plate 3 and meshing with a gear 75. connected and moving in unisonv with the gear 9. In this way a. reciprocating movement is imparted to the carriage '73.

The carriage is provided with a cross bar 7o, on which are pivoted arms 77, in which the shalt 78 of the inking roller 79 has its bearings. Springs St) serve to press the inking roller against the printing plate, and the back ol said roller is covered by the usual guard St to prevent the paper lrom coming in contact with it. so as to move therewith, and said 3 The carriage also carries an impression roller 82, which has its hearings in arms 83), pivoted to the carriage at; 8-1. The upper end 01' each arm 83 is provided with a projection 85. with which engages a dog 86, pivoted to the carriage at 87 and controlled by a spring 88. These dogs will engage the projections 86 on either side thereof and will tend to hold the arms 83 in position at the limit 01 their motion in either direction. The impression roller shalt, indicated at 89. extends through curved slots 90 in the side rails of the carriage, and the ends of said shalt engage cam grooves 91, lormed in the inner laces ol the plates 2 and 3. These cam grooves are so shaped to hold the impression roller in work ing relation with the. printing plate during the down ward motion of the carriage and to hold it away lrom the printing plate during the return motion.

The tickets are printed upon a strip of paper 92, mounted in the term of a roll upon a roll holder 93. and the 'rip psses over the guard 81 and under the impression roller :12, between it and the printing plate, being carried thence to the issuing rollers 93 and 9- These issuing rollers are driven, during the return movement only ol the carriage, by means ot a train ol gears, 95. so and 97, from the gear 75. The rollers 93 and 9 1 are respectively provided with inter-meshing gears 98 and 99. The shalt. ol' the roller 9ft carries a gear 100, meshing with the gear 97. and having between it and the gear 98 a pawl and ratchet device 101. by means of which an intermittent one-way motion is imparted to the issuing rolls t and 9 It will be understood lrom the t'oregoing description that each operation ol the operating lever (3 will print a ticket similar to that shown in Fig. lti. havingthereon, in addition to the usual printed tnatt er. the consecutive number ol the ticket, the date. the direction of travel, the initial station oi the ride [or which the ticket is issued, the number of stations lrom said initial station lot which the ticket is good, thus indicating the termi nal station, and the amount ol tare paid.

The machine is lnrther provided with a total tare register indicated as a whole by the relerence numeral which will indicate the total number res paid. Th s will coincide with the total number ol tickets issited, so that the consecutive number printed on the ticket will correspond with the number shown by the total lare register. This total [are register is pret'erably operated lrom the gear 95. which is provided with an eccentric pin 103, which engages a slot 104 in a lever 105,1nount1edon the shalt; 50, which carries the consecutive number prit ting wheels. The lever 105 provided at its outer end with a gear segment 106, which meshes 'lth a similar gear segment 107, mounted loosely on the ma in shalt 108 ol' the register 102. This g ment carries a pawl 109, which engages a ratchet 110, secured on the shalt 108. On this shalt is secured a number indicating wheel 111, which turns with said shalt, and which carries a. hub or disk 112, having a single notch 113 and a raised tooth 114 adjacent to said "s n-e shaft. The shaft 108 is mounted in bracket arms 115, and in said arms is mounted a fixed shaft 116, carrying a pinion 117, having on one side of its median plane a single tooth 11S, cooperating with the notch 113 and tooth 114. On the other side of its median plane the pinion 117 is provided with a series of spur teeth 119, meshing with corresponding spur teeth 120 on a number indicating wheel 12], mounted loosely on the shaft 108. As shown, the tooth 118 forms a continuation or prolongation of one of the teeth 119. It will be readily understood that each complete revolution of the Wheel 111 will advance the adjacent wheel 121 one step, and a series of number indicating wheels 122, similar to the wheel 121, are mounted side by side on the shaft to complete the register. In this way, each operation of the mechanism for registering a fare will be indicated by the register 102. The number printing wheels 51 are mounted and connected in a manner similar to the wheels of the register 102, and to this end, the shai't is provided with a ratchet wheel 123 secured thereon, which is engaged by a spring pawl 12 1 on the lever 105, the lever being loosely mounted on the shaft 50. By this means, the consecutive numbering of the tickets is effected.

It will be seen that, considering the register as a whole, it can be set to correspond to the fare or number of fare units paid by any passenger, and that particular fare or number of fare units will be recorded on a separate counter or register, so that an inspection of the machine will show at once the total number of fares of each kind paid, these different fares being separately registered. In its complete form, the machine also shows the total number of fares paid, irrespective of the individual value of each fare.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to the precise details hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings, as it is obvious that these details may be varied without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a variable fare register, the combination, with a plurality of registers or counters for registering the differcnt fares, each counter being provided with an operating rod, of an operating member, an actuating part moving in a fixed path and operatively connected with the operating member, a setting shaft having a series of cams, and a corresponding plurality of setting levers operatively connecting said cams and the corresponding operating rods, where by any one of the operating rods may be moved into the path of the actuating part, substantially as described.

2. In a variable fare register, the combination, with a plurality of registers or counters for registering the diiferent fares, each counter being provided with an operating rod, of an operating member, a slide connected with and actuated by said member, a setting shaft having a series of cams, and a corresponding plurality of setting levers operatively connecting said cams and the corresponding operating rods, whereby any one of the operating rods may be engaged with and actuated by said slide, substantially as described.

3. In a variable fare register the combination, with a common operating member, of a total fare register for registering the total number of fares received, a plurality of independent registers or counters for registering the different fares, each having its own immediate operating device, and a setting mechanism comprising, first, a series of setting devices which permanently connect, respectively, with the operating device of each counter and, second, means for positioning at will any one of said setting devices to engage the immediate operating device of any one of said counters with said common operating member, substantially as described.

4. A fare register comprising a series of independent counters for counting separate classes of fares, an actuating device for each counter, an operating slide common to said actuating devices, and a series of setting cams, one for each actuating device, each of said cams when set moving its proper actuating device into operative relation with said common operating slide.

5. A fare register comprising a series of independent counters for counting separate classes of fares, setting cams, one for each counter, connected link and lever mechanism between each cam and its appropriate counter, and a common operating slide, each of said mechan isms being thrown into operative relation with said common operating slide by its appropriate cam.

6. A fare register comprising a series of independent counters for counting separate classes of fares, setting cams mounted on a common shaft, one for each counter, connected link and lover mechanism between each cam and its appropriate counter, and a common operating slide, each of said mechanisms being thrown into operative relation with said common operating slide by its appropriate cam.

7. A fare register comprising a series of independent counters for counting separate classes of fares, setting cams mounted on a common setting shaft, one for each counter, connected link and lever mechanism between each cam and its appropriate counter, and a common operating slide, each of said mechanisms being thrown into operative relation with said common operating slide by its appropriate cam.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILFRED I. OI-IMER.

Witnesses WaH. H. ECKI, A. A. Burns. 

